Title:  Bestmann-Ohira Reagent 
CAS Registry Number:  90965-06-3 
CAS Name:  (1-Diazo-2-oxopropyl)phosphonic acid dimethyl ester 
Additional Names:  dimethyl (1-diazo-2-oxopropyl)phosphonate 
Molecular Formula:  C5H9N2O4P 
Molecular Weight:  192.11 
Percent Composition:  C 31.26%, H 4.72%, N 14.58%, O 33.31%, P 16.12% 
Literature References:  Diazoalkylphosphonate reagent; converted in situ to the Seyferth-Gilbert reagent, q.v.  Prepn:  P. Callant et al., Synth. Commun. 14, 155 (1984).  Synthetic applications:  S. Ohira, ibid. 19, 561 (1989); S. Müller et al., Synlett 1996, 521; G. J. Roth et al., Synthesis 2004, 59; E. Quesada, R. J. K. Taylor, Tetrahedron Lett. 46, 6473 (2005). 
Use:  Reagent for transformation of aldehydes to terminal alkynes and ketones to methyl enol ethers.   |